People baffled over underground tunnel 'only for Teslas’

People have been left baffled over an underground tunnel that’s 'only for Teslas’.

If you know, you know – AKA, if you've been picked up in a Tesla, then you might know.

Otherwise Elon Musk’s ‘Vegas Loop’ system might seem completely alien to you, and it does like rather futuristic.

The Boring Company built this to provide ‘fast and convenient transportation’ to those in Las Vegas.

Musk’s company claims: “Once complete, the Vegas Loop will transport more than 90,000 passengers per hour.

“Clark County and the City of Las Vegas have approved a total of 68 miles of tunnel and 93 stations for the Vegas Loop.”

Essentially, the underground network is for Teslas only and it’s been criticised that the tunnels ‘are only slightly larger than the vehicles themselves'.

A video shared driving through the Vegas Loop on TikTok has been slammed by some viewers as ‘claustrophobic’.

Others are amazed as the Tesla whizzes through glowing lights that change in colour.

The Tesla goes into the tunnel ‘to avoid traffic’ as a passenger says: “We’ve lived here five years and I’ve never been down here.”

Driving through the one-way tunnel, the clip seems as though there’s very little space on either side of the car, or even above it.

The driver claims eventually it will ‘be a transportation service for the city’.

At the moment, the Loop connects a few stops around the convention centre, but The Boring Company claim it will ‘eventually’ stretch over to Los Angeles.

The passenger even jokes it reminds them of ‘Universal Studios’ as people can be stood waiting to pick up a ride at a bay underground.

Many users in the comments compared it to a popular Netflix movie as they wrote: “It’s all fun and games until Leave the World Behind becomes reality.”

During the movie starring Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon, a bunch of Teslas actually self-destruct as the world comes to an end.

Some users criticised the Loop as ‘an extremely inefficient subway’ as others claim it’s giving them ‘panic attacks’.

The Boring Company explain how it all works and is justified: “Loop is an express public transportation system that resembles an underground highway more than a subway system.

“If a subway line had 100 stops, a train would typically stop at each station, so the trip between Stop 1 and Stop 100 would be long.

"In contrast, Loop passengers travel directly to their destination, anywhere between Stop 1 to Stop 100, without stopping at the intermediate stations.

"Also, the express system allows Loop vehicles to travel faster than conventional subway cars (up to 150 mph vs. up to 65 mph).”

Topics: Tesla, US News, Cars, TikTok, Elon Musk

Jess Battison

Jess is an Entertainment Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include keeping up with the Twitter girlies, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021 and has previously worked at MyLondon.

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